Purchasing Assistant – Junior Buyer £22-28k M40

Posted by on Mar 27, 2015 in £20,000 - £25,000, £25,000 - £30,000, Buyer, FMCG, Manufacturing, Oxfordshire | 0 comments

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients categories.  You will be working with major brands as well as retailer own label products across a hugely diverse product range incorporating several hundred SKUs. As the company’s Purchasing Assistant your role will be extremely broad and cover a diverse range of raw material and packaging. You will provide supporting for the NPD department when sourcing new products / suppliers and also be responsible for developing longer term relationships with a group of core suppliers. This opportunity is working within an expanding privately owned business and as such you will also have involvement where appropriate with other departments across the business, as such a hands on “role your sleeves up” approach will be far more effective than a very corporate ivory towers mentality. Whilst you may be degree qualified this is by no means an essential requirement most importantly we are seeking a candidate who is able to work on their own initiative to deliver the required cost reductions with out any adverse effects to quality or service. As a driven purchasing professional you will be able to demonstrate that you possess a strong commercial acumen.  Strong and effective negotiation skills are a must as is the ability to convey and apply modern purchasing tools and techniques in order to deliver the best total cost of ownership as opposed to simply opting for the lowest cost of purchase. We are seeking an individual with experience of sourcing both raw materials and packaging ideally within a food or drink manufacturing environment.  Previous experience of using an ERP system such as Syspro would be advantageous as would experience of procuring; packaging, raw materials or finished product within an FMCG environment. If you feel that you share our passion and enthusiasm for producing high quality, premium convenience food to meet our customers requirements and...

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Quality Manager £40-45k M40 Corridor

Posted by on Feb 24, 2015 in All Sectors | 0 comments

 Quality Manager £40-45k M40 Corridor                                                            This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients products Reporting g to the Managing Director you will be responsible for the technical management of the sites, including product safety and legality, process control, traceability, quality assurance, quality control with support from the Quality Co-ordinator.   As the company Technical Manager you will ensure adherence to all food safety standards and legislation to meet internal and external requirements with particular emphasis on BRC accreditation. You will also contribute to the formulation, delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement of the Manufacturing Strategy to provide operational effectiveness and ensure technical integrity.  The Technical Manager will record all non-conformances and associated costs whilst managing the internal audit schedule.  Your team will be responsible for completing, maintaining and controlling all technical specifications.  You will approve and audit all suppliers and maintain an approved suppliers’ database whilst managing third party site visits.   You will work alongside NPD Manager to ensure customer standards are met and correct procedures followed and also Chair relevant meetings prepare reports on KPI’s for monthly management meetings and of course manage your department’s budget.   You will already have gained experience of being a site Technical Manager or QA Manager and be seeking the additional responsibility of managing company wide technical issues across multiple sites.  As such you will have managed teams of technical and quality professionals within a food or drink manufacturing environment supplying into the UK grocery retail channel and have a proven track record of delivering successful BRC audits.  This will provide you with a string track record and reputation amongst the major retailers.  As a graduate you will hold a  relevant science or...

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Technical Co-ordinator Food Manufacturing £20-25k

Posted by on Feb 24, 2015 in £20,000 - £25,000, Manufacturing, Oxfordshire, Technical – QA | 0 comments

Technical Co-ordinator Food Manufacturing                    £20-25k M40 Corridor   This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients categories.  You will be working with major brands as well as retailer own label products across a hugely diverse product range incorporating several hundred SKUs.   Reporting to the Technical Manager you will provide support across all technical matters, liaise with internal and external customers on technical requirements, specifications and complaints. In addition you will maintain and up-date product information on the ERP system and web based customer supply chain platforms.  The role will also take responsibility for all artwork approval as well as providing quality support in the absence of the quality co-ordinator and working alongside them during peak times.   You will be a graduate with a Food Science / Food Technology degree or similar level of relevant qualification who is now seeking to develop their career by joining a growing and progressive organisation that is willing to give people responsibility and autonomy.  In addition to your academic qualifications you will be naturally numerate and able to demonstrate a level of commercial acumen and ability to understand the wider business picture and where you role fits within this.  It is crucial that you can demonstrate where and how you have bought quantifiable benefits to your previous employers.  Your experience to date will have provided you with the background and understanding of Nutrition, Quality systems, Food labelling, Food legislation, HACCP, Microbiology, Packaging and allergen control.   Most importantly and above all else you will posses an obvious and infectious love of all things cooking and baking.   For further details please call Kieron Madden at WRS on M: 07787 40 88 44 or email your CV to km@woodlandsrecruitment.co.uk...

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FMCG International Commercial Executive c£25k + Bonus

Posted by on Feb 24, 2015 in £25,000 - £30,000, FMCG, National Accounts, Oxfordshire | 0 comments

FMCG International Commercial Executive c£25k + Bonus This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your FMCG career within a commercial role designed to manage existing business as well as developing new business opportunities.  Working for an expanding branded food manufacturer which has benefited from significant capital investment and brand / range extensions you will be joining the business at an exciting time in it’s development into a major supplier within it’s categories.   Reporting to the International Manager you will be responsible for; designated International accounts, generating incremental revenue and margin, relationship building through effective Business Planning and strong sales implementation. You will be working with designated accounts to ensure both profit and budgets are exceeded and it will be you who manages all aspects of the commercial relationship.  Internally you will be working with Brand Team and NPD to deliver key agreed plans whilst ensuring relevant colleagues are aware of all key aspects of customers.  This is an international role and as such occasional over night and international travel will be required in order to visit.  The role is however predominately office based and business will be primarily conducted via; telephone, email and Skype.  As such you will have prior telesales or telephone account management experience and posses the excellent interpersonal skills required to build a strong rapport without necessarily ahving met the customer.   Within the role you will be responsible for exploring new and lucrative Business/Customer potential as well as building and developing relationships with existing customers through meetings and tele-communications to agree and implementing effective Joint Business Plans.  You will take lead on negotiating on; price, costs, investments, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers.  You will also be negotiate the terms of customer agreements and closing sales; this will also require you to make accurate, rapid cost calculations and providing customers with quotations.  As a sales role it is crucial that you are confident to challenge any objections with a view to getting the...

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Survey Sales Consultant £30k + Bonus + f/e Car + Benefits; South England

Posted by on Dec 8, 2014 in All Sectors | 0 comments

Survey Sales Consultant £30k + Substantial Bonus + f/e Car + Benefits Southern England About KOREC KOREC is a well-established nationwide company providing innovative measured solutions for the Construction, Machine Control, Survey and Mapping industries. From GNSS Receivers to Lasers, Robotic instruments to Total Stations, KOREC offer Sales, Hire, Service and Repair. Position Summary The successful candidate will be responsible for maximising the sales of Trimble Surveying Solutions in the Southern Region, including Robotic Total Stations, Trimble GNSS, Software and Spatial Imaging.  Ideally you will have experience of construction or land surveying GPS equipment although this is not essential as full product training and induction will be provided. The right candidate will be a self-starter, with evidence of sales success in a business-to-business sales environment, be ambitious, tenacious and have a ‘sense of urgency.’  Candidates will have excellent communication skills, written and verbal, and outstanding negotiation and presentation abilities at all levels. Above all you will have the confidence, commitment and ability to sell innovative positioning solutions. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a rapidly growing company with a young and ambitious team. Full Product and Professional External Sales Training will be provided. A substantial package, including company car, is available to the right candidate. If you feel that you share our passion and enthusiasm for providing high quality, premium surveying equipment to meet our customers’ requirements and exceed their expectations then in the first instance email your CV to Woodlands Recruitment Solutions or for further details call Kieron Madden on M:07787 40 88 44....

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